…Sign in to your XDA account I use AI tools for a big portion of my productivity and creativity tasks now, so uploading files to them has become second nature at this…
…How it all actually works Here are the nuts and bolts of the process The setup I deployed relies on Ollama, Python, and a plain text file of URLs called reading_list…
…While those may help temporarily, you never know why the automations fail or devices drop off randomly. For a mixed setup with several wireless protocols and devices, there are more ways for…
…Meanwhile, a powerful tool like Home Assistant allows me to create custom automations based on my home's own environment. While it takes a bit more time to create these automations, Home…
…That side of the tool is real, and it’s part of what makes it exciting. I can see why the flashier setup gets most of the attention. Watching Claude Code generate…
…Since I can also use my LLM-powered setup to control smart devices and trigger automations, it brings Home Assistant to an even footing with its rivals as far as AI assistants…
…What it did was turn a pile of tools into something closer to a control plane I could actually talk to. The surprise wasn’t that AI could automate things, but that…
…It went from a somewhat niche tool only developers were following to a tool every other person is leaning on. Suddenly, everyone is using Claude and Claude Code to automate their workflow…
…Dependencies broke, Python environments conflicted, and updating one tool often meant fixing three others. I spent more time debugging than actually using my setup. If I were starting today, I’d go…
…off their Home Assistant setup. Let's just call it a badge of honor for the work that we've put in. More than that, building automations and connecting devices is only…